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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest
2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced
PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest
The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled
Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest
More Exotic Gambling Vacation Spots
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 by Phil
When most people think of Nepal they think of sherpas, prayer flags and Mt. Everest. What most people don’t know, is that Kathmandu is also home to several casinos. The biggest casinos are Casino Everest, Casino Anna, and Casino Nepal. All of their websites suck, so don’t bother looking. But I can assure you that these places exist.
They spread most of the same games that you can find in the United States like Baccarat and Blackjack. From what I’ve read, the local population has basically been banned from all of the casinos. I guess it’s safe to say these casinos have a very tourist-like feel to them.
As I mentioned in my last blog about gambling vacation spots, Asia is an emerging market in the gaming industry. Although Kathmandu is nothing like Macau when it comes to gambling, it’s a sign that the asian market is getting stronger.
I know a lot of people already know about Atlantis, but this is one of my favorite gambling vacation spots so I have to throw it in here.
I suggest that anyone who is looking for a nice vacation to paradise heads down to Atlantis for a few days. The gambling isn’t as rampant as someplace like Las Vegas, but there is still plenty of action during peak casino hours.
The Palm, Dubai
In addition to Paradise Island, there is an Atlantis Resort in Dubai. Like everything else in Dubai…this resort is brand new and it is top-notch. Sorry, no gambling here, but it’s a pretty sweet vacation spot so it squeezed it’s way onto my list.
This place just opened in September and it’s supposed to be just as nice as the resort on Paradise Island. The photos below are from earlier this year while it was still under construction. Just like you would expect from a place like this in Dubai, everything is very nice, but very expensive.
For those of you who don’t know…Dubai is quickly gaining the
reputation as the place to be if you are a billionaire. They have
constructed this entire seashell shaped land mass referred to as The Palm. The Atlantis Resort is located on the outer most part of the formation.
I
think this area is also home to the worlds only 6 star hotel; the Burj Al Arab. I also posted a photo of this place towards the bottom of the page. It’s the one that looks like a giant sailboat. They have to employ a resident hawk just to keep the seagulls from sh@#ing all over it.
Above is the Burj Al Arab, one of the worlds
finest hotels.
